Hey, everyone, I’m just dropping a quick update on what’s going on with Stand. It’s now currently 173,000 words. I was actually wrong in my last post. Strike was actually 183,000 words, not 163,000 like I originally thought. But regardless, I’m getting a lot closer to writing the end. I’m thinking I have another 15k words to go before it might be finished. Unfortunately I got hit with a bit of a snag back in early October when I stepped out for a short trip to Vegas and came back with Covid. And it knocked me off my ass for a good two weeks. I’ve had Covid once before and that was a breeze compared to this round. Then there was a lot of catching up with work and life in general. There’s another big update going on with my life right now too, but I’m just not quite ready to reveal that just yet.
Any way, I’m hoping to have the first draft done and to my editor before the end of the year. Once I get it back from her, I’ll do my revisions and a final read, then I’ll start recruiting a few beta readers to sniff out any kinks and get an authentic response to the book. Then I’ll make my final touches, distribute the ARCs and set it up for pre-order. I don’t expect to have to do too much revising since I’ve been doing a lot of that already this whole time.
So, that’s what’s going on. I know the waiting sucks, but unfortunately, I’m not a full time author and only do this on the side for fun, so there’s only so much time I can spare between work and life’s obligations. But I’m doing the best that I can without turning this whole thing into a job and ruining the fun of writing for myself.
Thanks again for your continued patience and I can’t tell you guys how excited I am for you to finally sink your teeth into this book!
<3 Jay Marie